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Really, rebranding from Chromecast to Google TV Streamer? Who the fuck was the genius that greenlighted this?
Probably the same guy that greenlights unwanted UI changes in all their products.
Of course they are.
"okay, what successful product are we going to kill next?"
Literally all my friends know the name "Chromecast", why would you rename it
Why does Google do any of the dumb shit they do?
To justify the salaries of their product managers
"Yes I know the customer learned that product name and has a good connotation with it, but how about we change the name to something completely different?"
"Our current product offering is less than $50. We were thinking the next iteration should be $300"
I'm waiting for Gmail, it has to be soon :)
No the NSA, CIA, FBI and all the other alphabet agencies would never allow it.
Alphabet agencies and Alphabet companies.
Name a more iconic duo
Why Google Duo of course
Does that still exist?
I feel the original Chromecast was probably the last truly great original Google product, it was simple, it was inexpensive and it worked - you just plugged it in, joined your network and you were off, there really wasn’t anything like it at the time.
I really hate what they’ve become.
I still have and use one. Will it stop working now?
Any Updates?
I used it yesterday! Still worked
In place of the Chromecast, the company will offer the newly announced $99.99 Google TV Streamer,
They're replacing it with a very similar product. Nothing to see here.
A more expensive, clunkier product, with a bunch of needless fluff in it.
Did y'all even click the article?
It will be rebranded, basically, to become the Google TV streamer. The tech is not going anywhere.
"In place of the Chromecast, the company will offer the newly announced $99.99 Google TV Streamer, which launches on September 24th."
$100 though ... a Chromecast used to be like $35.
Rebrand to increase price by an ungodly amount to circumvent massive backlash ✅